32 The Twenty-third General Meeting. 
archeological interest with which the routes so richly abounded. 
That for the Stonehenge excursion was in reality no trifling pamphlet, 
but a goodly volume, containing no less than 236 pages, and was 
prefaced by a very excellent map, on which the route and the situ- 
ation of the different places and objects of interest were clearly shown. 
For the size of the book, the subjects touched upon, explained, and 
in some instances discussed, are very numerous, and it was not 
without skilful exercise of the art of condensation that Mr. Stevens 
could have succeeded in describing so wide and full a field in so 
compact a form. After a few concise pages descriptive of the 
geological features of the route, the writer enlarged upon the con- 
struction and history of Old Sarum, and as the excursion advanced 
on the way to Stonehenge, drew attention to the historical associa- 
tions of Heale House, to Netton, Great Durnford Church, Ogbury 
Camp, Lake House (with an account of the Rev. E. Duke’s valuable 
antiquarian collection) , to Amesbury and Vespasian’s Camp, which was 
followed by a long and able treatment of the subject of “Stonehenge.” 
The Wiltshire barrows and their contents were discussed at length, 
and notes were given on the objects of interest to be seen on the return 
journey by way of Bemerton. The volume was profusely illustrated, 
and will doubtless be preserved by those Members of the Society 
who were so fortunate as to be present, as a very able description of 
a memorable excursion. The excursionists were also furnished with 
a pamphlet, containing notes on Amesbury Church and Abbey, by 
Mr. W. C. Kem, in which that gentleman gave a most interesting 
outline of the remarkable historical associations which belong to 
this ancient Church and Abbey. 
The first stoppage made was at “ Old Sarum,” now the “ lone dry 
hill by the river,” but formerly the city of the Celt, the Roman, 
the Saxon, the Dane, and the Norman. Here, at the entrance to 
the principal vallum, an address was delivered by Mr. Roach Surru, 
F.S.A., who said the company had before them one of the most re- 
markable monuments of antiquity, not only of this country, but of 
the North of Europe. Luckily, their study of a series of interesting 
remains commenced yesterday, when they had the advantage of 
hearing Sir John Lubbock’s description of those of pre-historic times. 
